My question is, will birds fly away from a predator birdcall?
hypothesis
My hypothesis is the most of the birds will leave when they hear the call because they are smaller than the hawk they heard.
Variables
independant: The hawk call
dependant: will the birds fly away
research summary
According to my research most of the birds that would be at my feeder are small and would run from a predatory call. I researched small birds like the chickadee and the cardinal. The chickadee is inquisitive so they would come and check out the feeder. Because its not mating season there would be a number of them at the feeder to experiment on. they also feed in flocks so thats another reason why they would be a lot of them. Im thinking that because they are small they would run from a hawk call or other predatory birds. The cardinal usually and shrubs Lines and bushes. Because of this it makes it hard for hops to see them when they are going to attack. I think that when they are feeding if they hear a hawk call they would go hide in those shrubs And bushes. They are usually impairs so I will probably have a lot of them to experiment on.
methods and materials
My method is to put seed in the feeder and on the ground I have my speaker 2 feet away from the seed in a bush. I wait until the birds get close enough or eats the seed then I play a predatory bird call and see if it flys away. My materials are a bag of mixed bird seed, an iPhone 6, and a Polaroid bluetooth speaker.
Data
My data was interesting, there were birds big and small at my feeder but when I played the call only a few birds fled. It was surprising that the smaller birds stayed because would've had no chance of surviving a hawk.The birds that flew away were a 2 cardinals, 4 Chicadees, and a bushtit. As shocking as the results are I think If I spent more time watching and there were more birds I would have different results this is the chart for my birds. I think that the only reason that there are any birds that were afraid of the call or just afraid of the noise that was so close to them usually when birds hear a loud noise they think danger so they fly away and I think that's what happened here. Birds usually knew was fake or they were not afraid of the predator birds which I thought was a little odd because they are such small birds. But since day one I knew that it was pretty much going to be like this.
How I got my data was that I would set up my speaker and wait for birds to come. Once they came I would play the call a few times probably two or three times, and then if they left I would log it if he didn't leave I would log it. There weren't many birds throughout the days but still got some pretty good data. I'm pretty sure that the only reason that some birds left were because it was a loud noise that was close to them and it scared them. So I could've just played a car crash or breaking glass and they still would've left.
Here you can see the feeder, my speaker, and the ground where I lay food. The speaker is near the Bush, there is no food on the ground right now because all the birds ate it, and the feeder is in the tree on the top.
question
My question is, will birds fly away from a predator birdcall?
hypothesis
My hypothesis is the most of the birds will leave when they hear the call because they are smaller than the hawk they heard.
Variables
independant: The hawk call
dependant: will the birds fly away
research summary
According to my research most of the birds that would be at my feeder are small and would run from a predatory call. I researched small birds like the chickadee and the cardinal. The chickadee is inquisitive so they would come and check out the feeder. Because its not mating season there would be a number of them at the feeder to experiment on. they also feed in flocks so thats another reason why they would be a lot of them. Im thinking that because they are small they would run from a hawk call or other predatory birds. The cardinal usually and shrubs Lines and bushes. Because of this it makes it hard for hops to see them when they are going to attack. I think that when they are feeding if they hear a hawk call they would go hide in those shrubs And bushes. They are usually impairs so I will probably have a lot of them to experiment on.
methods and materials
My method is to put seed in the feeder and on the ground I have my speaker 2 feet away from the seed in a bush. I wait until the birds get close enough or eats the seed then I play a predatory bird call and see if it flys away. My materials are a bag of mixed bird seed, an iPhone 6, and a Polaroid bluetooth speaker.
Data
My data was interesting, there were birds big and small at my feeder but when I played the call only a few birds fled. It was surprising that the smaller birds stayed because would've had no chance of surviving a hawk.The birds that flew away were a 2 cardinals, 4 Chicadees, and a bushtit. As shocking as the results are I think If I spent more time watching and there were more birds I would have different results this is the chart for my birds. I think that the only reason that there are any birds that were afraid of the call or just afraid of the noise that was so close to them usually when birds hear a loud noise they think danger so they fly away and I think that's what happened here. Birds usually knew was fake or they were not afraid of the predator birds which I thought was a little odd because they are such small birds. But since day one I knew that it was pretty much going to be like this.
How I got my data was that I would set up my speaker and wait for birds to come. Once they came I would play the call a few times probably two or three times, and then if they left I would log it if he didn't leave I would log it. There weren't many birds throughout the days but still got some pretty good data. I'm pretty sure that the only reason that some birds left were because it was a loud noise that was close to them and it scared them. So I could've just played a car crash or breaking glass and they still would've left.
Here you can see the feeder, my speaker, and the ground where I lay food. The speaker is near the Bush, there is no food on the ground right now because all the birds ate it, and the feeder is in the tree on the top.
Bibliography
"Birds." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2015.